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KING CORDUROY Austin Soul Stew Self-released Genuine soul music in the classic mode is not one of the sounds that Austin is generally known for, …

KYLE PARK Beggin’ For More Thirty Tigers The current generation (hell, make it every generation) of Texas songwriters can more or less be divided into …

MICHAEL MARTIN MURPHEY Red River Drifter Red River Entertainment In his first batch of new songs in far too long, Michael Martin Murphey not just …

OWEN TEMPLE Stories They Tell El Paisano Records Kerrville-born Owen Temple has been a mostly under-the-radar journeyman on the Texas songwriter scene for more than …

DREW KENNEDY Wide Listener www.drewkennedy.com “I love hearing songs that are intelligent, thought provoking, and honest,” offers Drew Kennedy in his self-penned bio on his …

BLACK JOE LEWIS Electric Slave Punch Five Records With Electric Slave, Austin’s Black Joe Lewis and his gang turn in another smoking 11-track salvo that …

WILLIE NELSON To All the Girls … Legacy Willie Nelson loves his duets and loves the ladies. But as with many of his collaborations, the …

OKKERVIL RIVER The Silver Gymnasium ATO Records Will Sheff of Austin’s Okkervil River has never made being an artist sound fun. Lyrical reference points over …

CHARLIE ROBISON High Life Jewell Records/Thirty Tigers It seems every Texas singer-songwriter worth their salt will at one point in the careers do an entire album …

Highlights from this year’s Woody Guthrie Folk Festival — and a call for help to keep the annual Okemah folk celebration free for all. By Tiffany …